Book description
In A Tour of C++, Second Edition, Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, describes what constitutes modern C++. This concise, self-contained guide covers most major language features and the major standard-library components—not, of course, in great depth, but to a level that gives programmers a meaningful overview of the language, some key examples, and practical help in getting started.
Stroustrup presents the C++ features in the context of the programming styles they support, such as object-oriented and generic programming. His tour is remarkably comprehensive. Coverage begins with the basics, then ranges widely through more advanced topics, including many that are new in C++17, such as move semantics, uniform initialization, lambda expressions, improved containers, random numbers, and concurrency. The tour even covers some extensions being made for C++20, such as concepts and modules, and ends with a discussion of the design and evolution of C++.
This guide does not aim to teach you how to program (for that, see Stroustrup’s Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, Second Edition), nor will it be the only resource you’ll need for C++ mastery (for that, see Stroustrup’s The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition, and recommended online sources). If, however, you are a C or C++ programmer wanting greater familiarity with the current C++ language, or a programmer versed in another language wishing to gain an accurate picture of the nature and benefits of modern C++, you can’t find a shorter or simpler introduction than this tour provides.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The Basics
- 2 User-Defined Types
- 3 Modularity
- 4 Classes
- 5 Essential Operations
- 6 Templates
- 7 Concepts and Generic Programming
- 8 Library Overview
- 9 Strings and Regular Expressions
- 10 Input and Output
- 11 Containers
- 12 Algorithms
- 13 Utilities
- 14 Numerics
- 15 Concurrency
- 16 History and Compatibility
- Index
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: A Tour of C++, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2018
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780134998053
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